Στείλασθαι
to be dispatched, to journey
Translated by William Hutton4 Apr 2014Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to travel, to sail.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Στείλασθαι· ὁδεῦσαι, πλεῦσαι.
Betacode
*stei/lasqai: o(deu=sai, pleu=sai.
Notes
- = Synagoge sigma203, Photius sigma519 Theodoridis; cf. Hesychius sigma1698 for similar glosses on a related participle. The headword is aorist middle infinitive of the verb
ste/llw . (For other forms of the same verb see sigma 1076 and sigma 1077.) It is presumably extracted from a literary source, but the possibilities are legion.
Linked from2 entries
- σ1076Στειλάμενοιdispatching themselves; concealing themselves[Meaning they who were] dispatching. Also [sc. attested is the corresponding infinitive] stei/lasqai ["to dispatch/conceal one's self"], meaning to hide. "But a certain few, afraid that they might be exposed through an…
- σ1077Στειλάμενοςhaving been dispatched, having set out[Meaning] having approached in a well-dispatched fashion.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 6 Apr 2022
- supplemented headword translation — Catharine Roth
- cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
- added a keyword, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — William Hutton